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[https://github.com/overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer/ '''Overviewer'''] is the plugin used to render the world map on [https://world.retromc.org an external website]. Only the [[overworld]] is shown on the map. <div class="noexcerpt">Features include:
 
<div style="background:#f9f9f9;padding:10px">🧱 This page is being worked on by {{user|samcraft3}}</div>
 
{{Infobox
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| above = Overviewer
| image    = [[File:Overviewer-1.jpg|400px]]
| caption1 = The static render of the World Map generated by the Overviewer.
| headerstyle = background:#ccf;
| header1  = Information
| labelstyle = background:#cfc;
| label2 = Type
| data2 = Command-Line tool.
| label3 = Status
| data3  = Open-Source - Unmaintained.
| label4 = Implementation
| data4  = September 4th, 2018
}}
 
 
[https://github.com/overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer/ '''Overviewer'''] is a command-line tool used to render the world map on [https://world.retromc.org an external website]. It is coded in ''C'' and ''Python'' and reads the selected Minecraft save before rendering it. Overview is open-source but is now '''unmaintained''', and pull requests on GitHub are no longer addressed. On [[RetroMC]], it is used to render a world map of the [[Overworld|overworld]] and is compatible with [[JVillage]]. It replaced the outdated 2D [https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/dynmap Dynmap] in September 2018.
 
== Notable features ==
Features include:
* Searching for text in signs in {{button|Markers}} -> {{Button|https://world.retromc.org/signpost.png All}}
* Searching for text in signs in {{button|Markers}} -> {{Button|https://world.retromc.org/signpost.png All}}
* Looking up [[Category:Towns|village]]-claimed areas
* Looking up [[Category:Towns|village]]-claimed areas
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File:Overviewer-2.jpg|Username infobox that appears upon selecting a player's head.
File:Overviewer-2.jpg|Username infobox that appears upon selecting a player's head.
File:Ovtown.png|Town claim feature in overviewer developed by {{user-nonwiki|floskater99}}.
File:Ovtown.png|Town claim feature in overviewer developed by {{user-nonwiki|floskater99}}.
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== Known issues ==
Overviewer has many known issues that are being worked on by the RetroMC development team and should be fixed (hopefully ''[[soonTM]]'').

Revision as of 17:52, 21 September 2024


🧱 This page is being worked on by 16.png samcraft3
Overviewer
The static render of the World Map generated by the Overviewer.
Information
TypeCommand-Line tool.
StatusOpen-Source - Unmaintained.
ImplementationSeptember 4th, 2018


Overviewer is a command-line tool used to render the world map on an external website. It is coded in C and Python and reads the selected Minecraft save before rendering it. Overview is open-source but is now unmaintained, and pull requests on GitHub are no longer addressed. On RetroMC, it is used to render a world map of the overworld and is compatible with JVillage. It replaced the outdated 2D Dynmap in September 2018.

Notable features

Features include:

  • Searching for text in signs in Markers -> signpost.png All
  • Looking up-claimed areas
  • Eating too much CPU and disk space

Known issues

Overviewer has many known issues that are being worked on by the RetroMC development team and should be fixed (hopefully soonTM).